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    Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2020

    Tobacco Industry Interference Index PDF 3.2mb Implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Asian Countries, 2020     Tobacco Industry [...]

    Latino America Regional Report 2020 (Spanish)

      Launch of the Regional Tobacco Industry Interference Index in Latin America Report: Interferencia de la Industria Tabacalera en American Latina 2020 Agenda English, Spanish [...]

    Big tobacco’s revival of sports advertising

    2020 GGTC Fact Sheet: Deceptive Marketing to Lure Youth to Addiction Read full text [...]

    How tobacco industry interference hinders the UN sustainable development goals

    September 2020 The tobacco industry’s business is incompatible with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because it adversely impacts development areas including poverty, [...]

    Tobacco Industry Interference at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

    2019 STOP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The tobacco industry’s goal to profit despite the deaths and diseases it causes is inherently irreconcilable with the United Nation’s (UN’s) [...]

    Tobacco industry access to policy elites and the implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

    December 17, 2019 Authors: Marc C. Willemsen and Gary FooksBMJ Abstract Introduction Article 5.3 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) aims to prevent tobacco [...]

    The first report of tobacco industry interference index in Eastern Mediterranean countries: the experience of Iran based on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 5.3

    2020 Authors: Gholamreza HeydariEuropean Respiratory Journal Abstract Background: Tobacco industry interference (TII) is one of the biggest obstacles to comprehensive enforcement of tobacco control legislation and [...]

    tobacco industry Interference Index: Implementation of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 in India

    May 12, 2020 Authors: Aastha Chugh, MSc, Shalini Bassi, MSc, Gaurang P. Nazar, PhD, Upendra Bhojani, PhD, Cyril Alexander, MSW,Pranay Lal, MSc6, Prakash C. Gupta, [...]

    A Systematic Review of Tobacco Industry Tactics in Southeast Asia: Lessons for Other Low-And MiddleIncome Regions

    June 21, 2020 Authors: Gianna Gayle Herrera Amul, Grace Ping Ping Tan, Yvette van der EijkIJHPM Abstract Background: Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have a well-established [...]

    Global Strategy to Accelerate Tobacco Control: Advancing Sustainable Development through the Implementation of the WHO FCTC 2019-2025

    November 2020 WHO FCTC GLOBAL STRATEGY TO ACCELERATE TOBACCO CONTROL Advancing sustainable development through the implementation of the WHO FCTC 2019 – 2025 View full [...]

    What Lessons Can We Learn From The EU Tobacco Tracking and Tracing System?

    August 1, 2020 Framework Convention Alliance If one wanted a metaphor for the challenges of developing an FCTC-compliant system to track and trace tobacco products, [...]

    Supporting National Action for WHO FCTC Implementation in sub-Saharan Africa

    March 23, 2020 Authors: Norwegian Cancer SocietyFramework Convention Alliance A Collaborative Project with Framework Convention Alliance Many low- and middle-income countries are yet to include [...]

    Tobacco Companies to force a referendum on California state flavored tobacco product ban

    September 7, 2020 Authors: Stanton A GlantzCentre for Tobacco Control Research Education The same day the Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB792 into law, a group [...]

    Why Big Tobacco sponsors Formula 1

    May 2, 2020 ASH UK The tobacco industry first used Formula 1 racing as an advertising platform in the late 1960s, keen to associate its [...]

    Why plain packaging for cigarettes does not increase illicit trade

    October 23, 2020 Authors: Anthony LavertyImperial College London Australia was the first country in the world to introduce standardised, or plain, packaging for cigarettes and [...]

    Price elasticity of initiation and cessation of tobacco in India

    October 22, 2020 Authors: Estelle P Dauchy and John RijoTobacco Prevention Cessation Abstract Background:About 267 million adults consume tobacco in some form in India, representing [...]

    Tobacco industry response to tobacco tax hikes: The case of Montenegro

    October 22, 2020 Authors: Konstantin KrasovskyTobacco Prevention and Cessation AbstractBackground:Tobacco taxation is an effective policy to decrease tobacco consumption and increase revenue. In July 2017, [...]

    Scientists, NGOs and media need to cooperate to enforce tobacco control: Lessons learned by failure and success in Austria

    October 22, 2020 Authors: Manfred Neuberger and Kurt AignerTobacco Prevention and Cessation Abstract   From 2007 to 2016, Austria performed poor in implementation of FCTC, [...]

    PCI Pulls up Leading Media House for Indirect Tobacco Promotion at Youth Event

    Octobr 29, 2020 Authors: S. K. AroraThe Leaflet he indirect advertisement of tobacco products is not only a grave violation of law but also socially [...]

    ‘Be careful’: Press Council of India pulls up Times of India for advertising tobacco and paan masala

    November 3, 2020 Authors: Anna PriyadarshiniNewslaundry The warning is the culmination of a three-year feud between the newspaper and Delhi’s Directorate General of Health Services. [...]

    Determinants of tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh

    November 1, 2020 Authors: Md Sazedur Rahman,N A M Faisal Ahmed,Mohammad Ali,Md Menhazul Abedin,Md Saimul Islam X-Mol Abstract Background Tobacco production continues to increase in low-income [...]

    Time to increase tax on tobacco companies

    October 29, 2020 Straits Times LETTERS: A tobacco company sponsored black bus that has been driving around the streets of Kuala Lumpur recently, must be [...]

    Does the COVID-19 pandemic provide an opportunity to eliminate the tobacco industry?

    October 26, 2020 Authors: John P A Ioannidis and Prabhat JhaThe Lancet Tobacco use is the top modifiable global health problem, but the global tobacco [...]

    The Role of the WHO FCTC in COVID-19 Responses

    November, 2020 Executive Summary Tobacco use carries risk of COVID-19 transmission and leads to worse health outcomes for COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 also endangers those with [...]

    Tobacco Industry Accountability and Liability in the Time of COVID-19

    November 2020 Summary The tobacco industry must be held to account for health care costs, compensation to victims, corruption, illicit trade, environmental damage, food insecurity, [...]

    Tobacco Industry: Manipulating the Youth into a Lifelong Addiction

    November 2020 The tobacco industry causes a net loss to the global economy, annually costing USD 1.4 trillion in economic losses  and killing 8 million [...]

    Tobacco industry and public health responses to state and local efforts to end tobacco sales from 1969-2020 (2020)

    Authors: Patricia McDaniel and Ruth Malone Abstract Background: In June 2019, Beverly Hills, California, became the first American city in the 21st century to pass an [...]

    Big Tobacco Using Trojan Horse Tactics to Exploit Indigenous Peoples (2020)

    Authors: Andrew Waa and Raglan Maddox The tobacco industry has a long history of exploiting Indigenous peoples and their culture. During the 1980s, tobacco company WD [...]

    History Repeats Itself: Role of Characterizing Flavors on Nicotine Use and Abuse (2020)

    Authors: Theresa Pattern and Mariella De Biasi Abstract The popularity of e-cigarettes has skyrocketed in recent years, and most vapers use flavored e-cigarette products. Consumption [...]

    Cigarette Packs With URLs Leading to Tobacco Company Websites: Content Analysis (2020)

    Authors: Caitlin Weigner et al. Abstract Background: Tobacco companies include on the packaging of their products URLs directing consumers to websites that contain protobacco messages. Online [...]

    Countering Tobacco Industry Tactics on the Economic Costs of Restricting Menthol Tobacco (2020)

    Authors: Kristen Ackert et al. Localities around the country have begun to restrict the sale of menthol tobacco products, which are easier to start, disproportionately used [...]

    The Illicit Cigarette Market in Six South African Townships (2020)

    Authors: Kirsten van der Zee et al. Abstract Background: We estimate the size of the illicit cigarette market in low socioeconomic areas in South Africa before [...]

    Analyzing Big Tobacco’s Global Youth Marketing Strategies and Factors Influencing Smoking Initiation by Nigeria Youths Using the Theory of Triadic Influence (2020)

    Authors: Ukoabasi Isip and  John Calvert  Abstract Background: Major transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have identified Nigeria, the seventh most populous country in the world, as a [...]

    PMI’s Heated Tobacco Products Marketing Claims of Reduced Risk and Reduced Exposure May Entice Youth to Try and Continue Using these Products (2020)

    Authors: Karma McKelvey, Michael Baiocchi and Bonnie Halpern-Felsher Abstract Importance: Philip Morris International (PMI) is seeking Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorisation to market IQOS as [...]

    Transferring Racial/Ethnic Marketing Strategies From Tobacco to Food Corporations: Philip Morris and Kraft General Foods (2020)

    Authors: Kim Nguen, et al. Abstract Objectives: To investigate the transfer of marketing knowledge and infrastructure for targeting racial/ethnic minorities from the tobacco to the food [...]

    Tobacco Health Warnings: Evidence of Effectiveness (2020)

    In March 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a rule requiring 11 new cigarette health warnings. By June 18, 2021, these warnings, [...]

    How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions? (2020)

    Abstract The tobacco industry’s aggressive marketing of tobacco products and electronic (e-)cigarettes is well documented. Yet existing restrictions on tobacco and e-cigarette marketing are poorly [...]

    Tobacco Industry Accountability and Liability in the Time of COVID-19 (2020)

    The tobacco industry must be held to account for health care costs, compensation to victims, corruption, illicit trade, environmental damage, food insecurity, human rights violations, [...]

    Strategic Investment of Tobacco Tax Revenue (2020)

    Article 6 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and its guidelines for implementation recommend that countries dedicate revenue to fund tobacco control [...]

    Fiscal Versus Social Responsibility: How Philip Morris Shaped the Public Funds Divestment Debate (2006)

    Authors: Nathaniel Wander and  Ruth E Malone Abstract Calls for institutional investors to divest (sell off) tobacco stocks threaten the industry’s share values, publicise its [...]

    Tobacco Control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: The Urgent Requirement for Action (2020)

    Authors: Jawad Al-Lawati and Judith Mackay The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was developed in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic, [...]

    Model Policy for Agencies of the United Nations System on Preventing Tobacco Industry Interference (2017)

    Purpose The purpose of this policy is to ensure that efforts to protect tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry [...]

    The Secrets of the World’s Biggest Tobacco Company: The Philip Morris Files

    Part 1: Treaty Blitz Philip Morris International is using its vast resources against efforts to reduce smoking. Internal company documents reveal details of the secretive [...]

    Emotions for Sale: Cigarette Advertising and Women’s Psychosocial Needs (2005)

    Authors: Stacey Anderson, Stanton A Glantz and Pamela Ling Abstract Objective: To explore messages of psychosocial needs satisfaction in cigarette advertising targeting women and implications [...]

    Monitoring the Tobacco Industry (2009-2020)

    Publications on monitoring the tobacco industry. Read more: World Health Organization [...]

    Surveillance and Monitoring

    The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) requires its Parties to regularly collect national data on the magnitude, patterns, determinants and consequences of [...]

    Tobacco Control Profiles – Countries, Territories and Areas

    The country profiles were generated from data collected for the WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2019. The country profiles provide information about tobacco prevalence, preventive [...]

    Complaint to the European Ombudsman (2014)

    This is a complaint about the European Commission’s failure to properly implement the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Article 5.3 [...]

    “A phony way to show sincerity, as we all well know”: tobacco industry lobbying against tobacco control in Hong Kong (2004)

    Authors: John Knight and Simon Chapman Abstract Objective: To examine the tobacco industry’s efforts to influence public policy and block the legislative process on tobacco control in Hong [...]

    Tobacco Advertisement, Promotion and Sponsorship Ban Enforcement Index at Sales Points in Panama (2017)

    Authors: Victor Hugo Herrera et al. Abstract Introduction: We assess the tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) ban enforcement in sales points in Panama in 2017. [...]

    Industry Sponsored Youth Smoking Prevention Programme in Malaysia: A Case Study in Duplicity (2004)

    Authors: Mary Assunta and Simon Chapman Abstract Objective: To review tobacco company strategies of using youth smoking prevention programmes to counteract the Malaysian government’s tobacco control legislation and efforts [...]

    A Conflict of Interest is Strongly Associated with Tobacco Industry–favourable Results, Indicating No Harm of E-cigarettes (2019)

    Authors: Charlotta Pisinger, Nina Godtfredsen and Anne MetteBender Abstract Researchers reach contradictory results when trying to assess the potential harm of e-cigarettes. This study investigated whether [...]

    Tobacco Industry Tactics Influential in E-cigarette Policy (2016)

    Authors: Stanton Glantz et al. Summary By employing the same tactics it used to drive policymaking from the 1970s-1990s, the tobacco industry has become successful in [...]

    Are Tobacco Industry Campaign Contributions Influencing State Legislative Behavior? (1998)

    Authors: Fred Monardi and Stanton Glantz Abstract Objectives: This study tested the hypothesis that tobacco industry campaign contributions influence state legislators’ behavior. Methods: Multivariate simultaneous equations regression was used [...]

    Cigarette Tax Avoidance and Evasion: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation (ITC) Project (2013)

    Authors: G Emmanuel Guindon et al. Abstract Background: Decades of research have produced overwhelming evidence that tobacco taxes reduce tobacco use and increase government tax revenue. [...]

    The Tobacco Industry’s Challenges to Standardised Packaging: A Comparative Analysis of Issue Framing in Public Relations Campaigns in Four Countries (2018)

    Authors: Ross MacKenzie et al. Abstract Tobacco industry public relations campaigns have played a key role in challenges to standardised cigarette packaging. This paper presents a [...]

    The Relevance and Prospects of Advancing Tobacco Control in Indonesia (2005)

    Authors: Anhari Achadi, Widyastuti Soerojo, and Sarah Barber Abstract Using published data about consumption, economic aspects, and legislation, this paper analyzes tobacco control in Indonesia, [...]

    Vector Control: Controlling the Tobacco Industry and its Promotions (2008)

    Author: Simon Chapman Abstract Promoting Tobacco Use After Advertising BansShould We Control Smoking in Movies?Corporate Responsibility and the Tobacco IndustryAcademic Denormalisation. In book: Public Health Advocacy [...]

    IQOS Point-of-Sale Marketing Strategies in Israel: A Pilot Study (2019)

    Authors: Yael Bar-Zeev et al. Abstract Background: Philip Morris International’s IQOS (“I Quit Ordinary Smoking”) device has increasingly penetrated the global tobacco market. In Israel, [...]

    Canada: Controlling Illicit Tobacco Trade (2019)

    Author: Robert Schwartz Abstract The tobacco industry instigated illicit tobacco trade in Canada in the 1990s in response to tobacco tax increases at both the federal [...]

    The Impact of National Smoking Prevention Campaigns on Tobacco-Related Beliefs, Intentions to Smoke and Smoking Initiation: Results from a Longitudinal Survey of Youth in the United States (2009)

    Authors: Kevin Davis et al. Abstract The national truth® campaign has exposed U.S. youth to antismoking messages since 2000. Tobacco industry-sponsored campaigns, such as “Think. Don’t [...]

    The Virginia Slims Identity Crisis: An Inside Look at Tobacco Industry Marketing to Women (2005)

    Authors: Benjamin Toll and Pamela Ling Objectives: Because no prior studies have comprehensively analysed previously secret tobacco industry documents describing marketing female brands, the Virginia Slims brand was [...]

    Global Evidence on the Association between POS Advertising Bans and Youth Smoking Participation (2016)

    Authors: Ce Shang et al. Abstract Background: Point-of-sale (POS) tobacco advertising has been linked to youth smoking susceptibility and experimental smoking. However, there is limited evidence [...]

    “Torches of Freedom”: Themes of Women’s Liberation in American Cigarette Advertising (1999)

    Authors: Steve Craig Abstract Women began smoking in the United States during the 1920’s, when the cigarette was adopted by factory workers and college women as [...]

    US Media Coverage of Tobacco Industry Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives (2018)

    Authors: Patricia McDaniel, E. Anne Lown, and Ruth E. Malone Abstract Media coverage of tobacco industry corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives represents a competitive field [...]

    “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire”: A Content Analysis of Print and Web-Based News Media Reporting of the Philip Morris–Funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (2019)

    Authors: Christina Watts and Becky Freeman Abstract Background: In September 2017, the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW), a not-for-profit organization with a core purpose “to accelerate global [...]

    Tobacco Industry Efforts Undermining Evidence Linking Secondhand Smoke With Cardiovascular Disease (2007)

    Authors: Elisa Kong and Stanton Glantz Abstract Background: The scientific consensus that secondhand smoke (SHS) increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk by 30% is based on epidemiological and biological [...]

    Tobacco Industry Manipulation of Research (2005)

    Author: Lisa Bero Research findings provide the basis for estimates of risk. However, research findings or “facts” are subject to interpretation and to the social construction [...]

    Waiting for the Opportune Moment: The Tobacco Industry and Marijuana Legalization (2014)

    Authors: Rachel Barry, Heikki Hiilamo, and Stanton Glantz Context: In 2012, Washington State and Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana, and Uruguay, beginning in 2014, will become [...]

    Japan Tobacco International: To ‘Be the Most Successful and Respected Tobacco Company in the World’ (2017)

    Authors: Ross MacKenzie, Jappe Eckhardt and Ade Widyati Prastyani  Abstract Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is the international division of Japan Tobacco Incorporated, and the world’s [...]

    Tobacco Industry Sociological Programs to Influence Public Beliefs about Smoking (2008)

    Authors: Dr. Stanton Glantz, Anne Landman, and Daniel K Cortese Abstract The multinational tobacco companies responded to arguments about the social costs of smoking and hazards of [...]

    Containing Diffusion: The Tobacco Industry’s Multipronged Trade Strategy to Block Tobacco Standardised Packaging (2019)

    Authors: Eric Crosbie, Robert Eckford, and Stella Bialous Objective: To analyse the tobacco industry’s strategy of using trade and investment agreements to prevent the global diffusion of [...]

    Branding the Rodeo: A Case Study of Tobacco Sports Sponsorship (2010)

    Authors: Pamela Ling, Lawrence Haber and Stefani Wedl Abstract Rodeo is one of the few sports still sponsored by the tobacco industry, particularly the US Smokeless Tobacco Company. [...]

    Creating the “Desired Mindset”: Philip Morris’s Efforts to Improve its Corporate Image Among Women (2009)

    Authors: Patricia McDaniel and Ruth Malone Abstract Through analysis of tobacco company documents, we explored how and why Philip Morris sought to enhance its corporate [...]

    The “We Card” Program: Tobacco Industry “Youth Smoking Prevention” as Industry Self-Preservation (2010)

    Authors: Dorie Apollonio and Ruth Malone Abstract The “We Card” program is the most ubiquitous tobacco industry “youth smoking prevention” program in the United States, and its retailer [...]

    Tobacco Industry Manipulation of Data on and Press Coverage of the Illicit Tobacco Trade in the UK (2014)

    Authors: Andy Rowell, Karen Evans-Reeves, and Anna Gilmore Abstract Background: In the UK, transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have been arguing that levels of illicit trade are high and increasing [...]

    Towards a Greater Understanding of the Illicit Tobacco Trade in Europe: A Review of the PMI Funded ‘Project Star’ Report (2013)

    Authors: Anna Gilmore et al. Abstract Following a legal agreement with the European Union (EU), Philip Morris International (PMI) commissions a yearly report (‘Project Star’, PS) [...]

    African American Leadership Groups: Smoking with the Enemy (2002)

    Authors: Valerie Yerger and Ruth Malone  Abstract Background: Among all racial and ethnic groups in the USA, African Americans bear the greatest burden from tobacco related [...]

    Mobilizing Public Opinion for the Tobacco Industry: The Consumer Tax Alliance and Excise Taxes (2009)

    Authors: Richard Campbell and Edith Balbach Abstract Background: Tobacco industry funding was instrumental in creating and financing the Consumer Tax Alliance in 1989 as an ostensibly organization [...]

    Tobacco Retail Displays: A Comparison of Industry Arguments and Retailers’ Experiences (2012)

    Authors: Janet Hoek et al. Abstract Background: Tobacco companies have opposed the removal of tobacco retail displays, arguing this would compromise retailers’ safety, increase retail crime, [...]

    Voices of Truth, vol. 2: MultinationalTobacco Industry Activity in the MiddleEast: A review of Internal Industry Documents (2001)

    Authors: Ross Hammond and Celia White Abstract The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean has been working for years with national, regional and international partners to address [...]

    The Tobacco Industry’s Thwarting of Marketing Restrictions and Health Warnings in Lebanon (2009)

    Authors: Rima Nakkash and Kelly Lee Abstract Aims: This article outlines how the tobacco industry has undermined tobacco control efforts in Lebanon since the early 1970s. Methods: An analysis [...]

    Tobacco Industry “Youth Smoking Prevention” Programs to Undermine Meaningful Tobacco Control in Latin America (2007)

    Authors: Ernesto Serbrié and Stanton Glantz Abstract We sought to understand how the tobacco industry uses “youth smoking prevention” programs in Latin America. We analyzed tobacco industry documents, [...]

    Tobacco Control in Maine, 1979-2009: The Power of Strategic Collaboration (2009)

    Authors: Caitlin Stanton, Richard Barnes, and Stanton Glantz Abstract Maine has a small population, with a relatively high proportion of people living in the state’s major population centers, [...]

    “Avoid Health Warnings on all Tobacco Products for Just as Long as We Can”: A History of Australian Tobacco Industry Efforts to Avoid, Delay and Dilute Health Warnings on Cigarettes (2003)

    Authors: Simon Chapman and Stacy Carter Abstract Objective: To review critically the history of Australian tobacco industry efforts to avoid, delay, and dilute pack warnings on cigarettes. [...]

    Partners in health? A systematic review of the impact of organizational partnerships on public health outcomes in England between 1997 and 2008 (2009)

    Authors: Karen Smith et al. Abstract Objective: To systematically review the available evidence on the impact of organizational partnerships on public health outcomes (health improvement and/or [...]

    “Working the System”—British American Tobacco’s Influence on the European Union Treaty and Its Implications for Policy: An Analysis of Internal Tobacco Industry Documents (2010)

    Authors: Katherine Smith et al. Abstract Background: Impact assessment (IA) of all major European Union (EU) policies is now mandatory. The form of IA used [...]

    Tobacco Industry Tactics for Resisting Public Policy on Health (2000)

    Authors: Yussuf Saloojee and Elif Dagli Abstract The tactics used by the tobacco industry to resist government regulation of its products include conducting public relations campaigns, [...]

    Tobacco Point-of-Sale Displays in England: A Snapshot Survey of Current Practices (2010)

    Authors: Catriona Rooke et al. Abstract Background: Tobacco displays at the point of sale (PoS) are an important means for the tobacco industry to communicate with consumers. [...]

    Labor and the Tobacco Institute’s Labor Management Committee in New York State: The Rise and Fall of a Political Coalition (2005)

    Authors: Charles Levenstein et al. Abstract In 1984 the Tobacco Institute and the Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco Workers Union formed a Labor Management Committee. From [...]

    Tobacco Industry Influence on Science and Scientists in Germany (2006)

    Authors: Thilo Grünung, Anna Gilmore, and Martin McKee Abstract Using tobacco industry documents, we examined how and why the tobacco industry sought to influence science [...]

    Tobacco Lobby Political Influence on US State Legislatures in the 1990s (2001)

    Authors: Micheal Givel and Stanton Glantz Abstract Background: Throughout the 1990s the tobacco lobby was a potent political force in US state legislatures advancing its pro-tobacco agenda. Objective: To describe [...]

    “A Whole ’Nother Smoke” or a Cigarette in Disguise: How RJ Reynolds Reframed the Image of Little Cigars (2007)

    Authors: Cristine Delnevo and Mary Hrywna Abstract Present-day consumption of little cigars rivals that of the early 1970s when sales of little cigars boomed. This [...]

    Tax, Price and Cigarette Smoking: Evidence from the Tobacco Documents and Implications for Tobacco Company Marketing Strategies (2002)

    Authors: Frank Chaloupka et al. Abstract Objective: To examine tobacco company documents to determine what the companies knew about the impact of cigarette prices on [...]

    Building Alliances in Unlikely Places: Progressive Allies and the Tobacco Institute’s Coalition Strategy on Cigarette Excise Taxes (2009)

    Authors: Richard B Campbell and Edith D Balbach Abstract The tobacco industry often utilizes third parties to advance its policy agenda. One such utilization occurred [...]

    The tobacco industry, state politics, and tobacco education in California (1993)

    Authors: Michael Begay, Michael Traynor and Stanton Glantz Abstract Objectives: Proposition 99 added 25 cents to the California state cigarette tax and mandated that 20% of the new revenues [...]

    Tobacco Industry Success in Preventing Regulation of Secondhand Smoke in Latin America: the “Latin Project” (2002)

    Authors: Joaquín Barnoya and Stanton Glantz Abstract Objective: To examine the tobacco industry’s strategy to avoid regulations on secondhand smoke exposure in Latin America. Methods: Systematic search [...]

    Industry-funded Research and Conflict of Interest: An Analysis of Research Sponsored by the Tobacco Industry Through the Center for Indoor Air Research (1996)

    Authors: Deborah Barnes and Lisa Bero Abstract The Center for Indoor Air Research (CIAR) was created by three United States tobacco companies in 1988. Its [...]

    Union Women, the Tobacco Industry, and Excise Taxes: A Lesson in Unintended Consequences (2009)

    Authors: Edith Balbach and Richard Campbell Abstract Between 1987 and 1997, the tobacco industry used the issue of cigarette excise tax increases to create a political [...]

    Political Coalitions and Working Women: How the Tobacco Industry Built a Relationship with the Coalition of Labor Union Women (2006)

    Authors: Edith Balbach,  Abby Herzberg, and Elizabeth M Barbeau Abstract Objectives: To assess how the tobacco industry established a political relationship with the Coalition of Labor [...]

    The Creation of Industry Front Groups: The Tobacco Industry and “Get Government Off Our Back” (2007)

    Authors: Dorie Apollonio and Lisa Bero Abstract We investigated how industries use front groups to combat public health measures by analyzing tobacco industry documents, contemporaneous media reports, [...]

    The Tobacco Industry’s Use of Wall Street Analysts in Shaping Policy (2004)

    Authors: Benjamin Alamar and Stanton Glantz Abstract Objective: To document how the tobacco industry has used Wall Street analysts to further its public policy objectives. Methods: Searching tobacco documents [...]

    Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Task Force on Tobacco Control: Report of the Secretary-General E/2013/61 (2013)

    Read more: United Nations Secretary General [...]

    Tobacco’s Hidden Children: Hazardous Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming (2014)

    Summary The hardest of all the crops we’ve worked in is tobacco. You get tired. It takes the energy out of you. You get sick, [...]

    Excerpt from a DEF 14A SEC Filing, filed by Philip Morris International, Inc. (2014)

    Read more: EDGAR Online [...]

    Health Preemption Behind Closed Doors: Trade Agreements and Fast-track Authority (2014)

    Authors: Eric Crosbie, Mariaelena Gonzalez, and Stanton Glantz Abstract Noncommunicable diseases result from consuming unhealthy products, including tobacco, which are promoted by transnational corporations. The tobacco [...]

    Hiding in the Shadows: Philip Morris and the Use of Third Parties to Oppose Ingredient Disclosure Regulations (2015)

    Authors: Clayton Velicer and Stanton Glantz Abstract Background: In 1996 Massachusetts proposed regulations that would require tobacco companies to disclose information about the ingredients in their products on [...]

    The Role of the WHO FCTC in COVID-19 Responses (2020)

    Executive Summary Tobacco use carries risk of COVID-19 transmission and leads to worse health outcomes for COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 also endangers those with non-communicable diseases [...]

    Tobacco Industry: Manipulating the Youth into a Lifelong Addiction (2020)

    The tobacco industry causes a net loss to the global economy, annually costing USD 1.4 trillion in economic losses[1] and killing 8 million people; with [...]

    Letter to the Delegates of the 73rd World Health Assembly (2020)

    15 May 2020Delegates of the 73rd World Health AssemblyUnited Nations HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland To the Distinguished Delegates of the Seventy-third World Health Assembly: On behalf of civil [...]

    Defending Comprehensive Tobacco Control Policy Implementation in Nepal From Tobacco Industry Interference (2011–2018) (2020)

    Authors: Dharma N Bhatta et al. Abstract Introduction: Nepal passed a comprehensive tobacco control law in 2011. Tobacco control advocates successfully countered tobacco industry (TI) [...]

    Tobacco Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How we Can Help

    Statement from the Head of the Convention Secretariat, Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo May 4 2020 Today, we are facing a devastating global pandemic caused by [...]

    An Open Letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations (2020)

    April 30, 2020 Secretary General António Guterres UNITED NATIONS New York, NY 10027 Dear Secretary General Guterres: The tobacco control community stands with you in [...]

    Sex Difference and Smoking Predisposition in Patients with COVID-19 (2020)

    Author: Hua Cai The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is quickly turning into a pandemic. Although the disease is now better contained in [...]

    The Tobacco Industry in the Time of COVID-19: Time to Shut it Down? (2020)

    Authors: Marita Hefler and Coral E Gartner The COVID-19 pandemic which originated in China in late 2019 has spread rapidly and taken much of the [...]

    Covid-19: The Role of Smoking Cessation During Respiratory Virus Epidemics (2020)

    Author: David Simons, Olga Perski, and Jamie Brown The growing epidemic of the respiratory virus covid-19 has been accompanied by public health messages focusing on [...]

    COVID-19 and Smoking: A Systematic Review of the Evidence (2020)

    Authors: Constantine I. Vardavas and  Katerina Nikitara COVID-19 is a coronavirus outbreak that initially appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019, but it has [...]

    Analysis of Factors Associated With Disease Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (2020)

    Authors: Wei Liu et al. Abstract Background: Since early December 2019, the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan, Hubei province of [...]

    Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China (2020)

    Authors: Wei-jie Guan et al. Background: Since December 2019, when coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) emerged in Wuhan city and rapidly spread throughout China, data have [...]

    COVID-19 and Tobacco Industry Interference (2020)

      I. Background On February 14, 2020, the head of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme posited that smoking is a risk factor for the severity [...]

    Markers of the Denormalisation of Smoking and the Tobacco Industry (2008)

    Authors: Simon Chapman and Becky Freeman                                      Abstract [...]

    Public Consultation on Proposed Tobacco-Control Measures in Singapore

    Read more: Ministry of Health Singapore  [...]

    E-Cigarette Ban & Regulation: Global Status as of February 2020

    41 COUNTRIES1 BAN SELLING OF E-CIGARETTESThe sale/distribution of e-cigarettes2 is banned in the following forty-one (41) countries:Antigua and Barbuda*, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain**, Barbados**, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei [...]

    The Failure of the UK to Tax Adequately Tobacco Company Profits (2020)

    Authors: J Robert Branston and Anna B Gilmore Abstract Background: A key driver of the global tobacco epidemic is the massive profit earned from manufacturing tobacco [...]

    Full Implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region is the Responsibility of all (2020)

    Although the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came into force in 2005, the tobacco control challenge continues to escalate. Despite the [...]

    Improving the Implementation of Tobacco Control Policies in Low-and Middle-income Countries: A Proposed Framework (2019)

    As outlined in the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), addressing the tobacco epidemic is most effectively done through policy responses such as tobacco [...]

    The Investment of Public Funds in Tobacco – The Case for Divestment (2019)

    Author: Elizabeth Greenhalgh Growth of the tobacco market will inevitably lead to more deaths. Pension funds (known as superannuation funds in Australia) positively and significantly affect share [...]

    Why Tobacco Money Must be Kept Out of the International Labor Organization (2019)

    Read more: Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control  [...]

    An Open Letter to the ILO (2019)

      To:  Director General of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Government Members of the 337th Session of the ILO’s Governing Body Reject Tobacco [...]

    Tobacco Industry: Decade of Deception and Duplicity (2019)

    Tobacco companies “have marketed and sold their lethal product with zeal, with deception, with a single-minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for [...]

    Selling Addiction: Tobacco Industry Transition to New Products (2019)

    To dominate the market for e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products, the tobacco industry is re-using tactics that successfully targeted youth and misinformed the public about [...]

    Indicators of Tobacco Industry Interference (2019)

    The tobacco industry repeats the same tactics in multiple jurisdictions to interfere with tobacco control. Indicators of the extent of tobacco industry interference include: proindustry [...]

    Tobacco Industry Tactics: Smoke-free Environment (2019)

    The tobacco industry uses “accommodation policies”, such as designated smoking areas, to promote the “social acceptability” of smoking and encourage smoking or smoking initiation. Transnational [...]

    Tobacco Industry Tactics: Advertising Promotion and Sponsorship (2019)

    The tobacco industry’s key strategy to challenge anti-tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) policy is arguing against comprehensive bans. This aims to ensure sufficient loopholes [...]

    Tobacco Industry Tactics: Packaging and Labelling (2019)

    Tobacco packs are key to marketing and advertising. The tobacco industry challenges large, graphic warnings and pack size/colour restrictions using intellectual property and “slippery slope” [...]

    Tobacco Industry Tactics: Tax Policies (2019)

    Tobacco industry interference has been particularly strong against efforts to increase tobacco taxes. The industry aims to ensure that tobacco products remain affordable, while protecting [...]

    Tobacco Industry Tactics (2019)

    Whether selling its new products or traditional cigarettes, the tobacco industry uses the same tactics to create barriers to lifesaving tobacco control measures. Research – [...]

    Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index (2019)

    Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index, a global survey of how public health policies are protected from the industry’s subversive efforts, and how governments have pushed [...]

    Letter from New Zealand’s Ministry of Health on the International Obligations Under the WHO FCTC, Article 5.3 (2019)

    Read more: New Zealand Ministry of Health [...]

    E-Cigarettes: tobacco industry misinformation on e-cigarettes, a ‘real threat’, says WHO

    1 August 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that e-cigarettes are “undoubtedly harmful”, and warned that misinformation spread by the tobacco industry in [...]

    WHO Statement Urging Governments to Ban Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship at International Expositions (2019)

    As called for in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Governments must comprehensively enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (Article 13) at [...]

    Dangers of the “Unsmoke” Campaign: Frequently Asked Questions (2019)

    What is Philip Morris’s “Unsmoke” campaign? On 08 April 2019, Philip Morris International (PMI) launched “The Year of Unsmoke”— a call for action to “smokers, [...]

    STOP Tobacco Industry Watchdog Exposes Industry Allies That Undermine Public Health

    Close to 100 groups in 22 countries exposed for supporting industry efforts to derail tobacco control  U.S. and U.K. are headquarters for nearly half of [...]

    The Attempt of the Tobacco Industry-funded Entity to Partner with the World Health Organization (WHO) (2019)

    Background On January 24, 2019, the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) published and advertised an open letter to the World Health Organization Executive Board [...]

    Kazakhstan Coalition Appeal to the Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Rector of KazNMU (2019)

    Author: Sadykova Jamilya Read more: National Coalition “For Kazakhstan Smoke Free”   [...]

    SEATCA Statement on PMI’s Foundation for a Smoke-free World (2019)

    The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) joins the international public health community in denouncing the Philip Morris International (PMI)-funded Foundation for a Smoke-free World [...]

    Request for Cooperation of Educational Institutes to Not Accept Any Sponsorships or Support from the Tobacco Industry (2019)

    Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health letter to the Ministry of Education  Read more: Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health [...]

    Organizations in Support of Tobacco Industry’s Arguments Against Plain Packaging (2019)

    Consistent with its tactic of utilizing third parties to counter tobacco control policies, the tobacco industry is likely to mobilize business organizations in its campaign to [...]

    Track and Trace Systems: Tobacco Industry Links (2019)

    Read more: Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) [...]

    Issues Concerning a Tobacco Company at an OECD Session on Integrity and Lobbying (2019)

    I. Background At the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) annual Integrity and Anti-Corruption Forum in Paris, France, a Philip Morris International (PMI) executive [...]

    Philip Morris International-funded ‘Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’: Analysing its Claims of Independence (2019)

    Authors: Yvette van der Eijk Y., Bero Lisa A., and Malone Ruth E.      Abstract The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World was launched in [...]

    Impact of Implementation of the WHO FCTC on the Tobacco Industry’s Behaviour (2019)

    Author: Stella Aguinaga Bialous The tobacco industry has a decades-long history of opposing any measure that attempts to regulate its product, its marketing, pricing or social [...]

    Political Economy Analysis for Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-income Countries (2013)

    Authors: Jesse Bump and Michael Reich Abstract Tobacco is already the world’s leading cause of preventable death, claiming over 5 million lives annually, and this [...]

    Tobacco Industry’s Elaborate Attempts to Control a Global Track and Trace System and Fundamentally Undermine the Illicit Trade Protocol (2019)

    Authors: Anna B Gilmore, Allen W A Gallagher, and Andy Rowell Abstract Background: The Illicit Trade Protocol (ITP) requires a global track and trace (T&T) system [...]

    Tobacco Industry Data on Illicit Tobacco Trade: A Systematic Review of Existing Assessments (2019)

    Authors: Allen Gallagher, et al. Abstract Objective: To examine the quality of tobacco industry-funded data on the illicit tobacco trade (ITT) through a systematic review of [...]

    Tobacco Taxation, Illegal Cigarette Supply and Geography (2019)

    Author: Dardo Curti et al. Abstract Background: In Uruguay, real tobacco taxes increased significantly during 2005–2010 and 2014–2017 and decreased during 2010–2014. The effects of these [...]

    Memoranda of Understanding: A Tobacco Industry Strategy to Undermine Illicit Tobacco Trade Policies (2019)

    Authors: Eric Crosbie, Stella Bialous and Stanton A Glantz Abstract Objective: Analyse the transnational tobacco companies’ (TTCs) memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on illicit trade and how [...]

    E-CIGs: The Future of Addiction (2019)

    Studies show the use of e-cigarettes/ experimental products, or vape Causes harms to heart, lung, blood vessels, immune system, and airways Can lead to breathing [...]

    E-CIGs: Myths (2019)

    Heated Tobacco Products The tobacco company claims that heating instead of burning tobacco is safer. If this is to be believed, the government, as a [...]

    Global Strategies to Undermine WHO FCTC: Utilizing so-called CSR of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, PMI-IMPACT, others (2019)

    Authors: Anna Gilmore Request a copy [...]

    Article 5.3 – What Governments Must Do To Prevent Tobacco Industry Interference (2019)

    Author: Stella Bialous Read more: University of California San Francisco – School of Nursing [...]

    The Latest Evidence of Tobacco Industry Interference: The Never Ending Need for a Sustained Response (2019)

    Author: Anna Gilmore Read more: University of Bath- Tobacco Control Research Group [...]

    Why tobacco industry continues to leverage political and economic power? Some possible remedies for tobacco control community (2018)

    Presenter: Pranay Lal Read more: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease [...]

    Advancing WHO FCTC Article 5.3 Implementation: Requiring Information from the Tobacco Industry (2019)

    Author: Behzad Valizadeh Request a copy [...]

    Exposing Tobacco Industry Interference through COP Delegations (2019)

    Authors: Michél Legendre Request a copy [...]

    How is Tobacco Industry Countering Tobacco Control Efforts in South Asia (2019)

    Author: Hiruni Wijesuriya Read more: Centre for Combating Tobacco [...]

    Article 5.3 – A reflection of five decades of tobacco industry interference (2019)

    Author: Matthew Myers Read more: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids [...]

    No Takers for Philip Morris’ Foundation for Smoke Free World Event

    July 4, 2019, Bangkok – The Foundation for Smoke Free World (FSFW)-backed event called Smoke Free Dialogue in Bangkok being convened by SustainAbility in Bangkok [...]

    Letter from National Health Mission to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India (2019)

    Read more: National Health Mission, India [...]

    Latest tax return shed light on the Philip Morris-funded Foundation for a Smoke-free World (2019)

    The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (‘the Foundation’) was set up in September 2017, ostensibly as a scientific organisation aiming to “accelerate an end to [...]

    The 5.3 Knowledge Hub and the Convention Secretariat host key meetings in Thailand

    The Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), as the WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3, and the WHO FCTC Secretariat [...]

    Beverly Hills Ends Tobacco Game

    A city that is home to famous celebrities and known for luxury hotels and shopping has announced an end date for tobacco sales. By January [...]

    OECD Response Letter to STOP’s letter to the OECD Secretary General (2019)

    Thank you for your letter to the OECD Secretary-General expressing your concerns about the invitation of Mary Katherine Brink from Philip Morris International to speak [...]

    Philip Morris Internationals Announcement to Spend Nearly $1 Billion to End Smoking Sounds Like fake (2019)

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Philip Morris International’s (PMI) recent announcement that it is establishing the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World is an affront to public health, [...]

    STOP’s letter to the OECD Secretary General

    20 March 2019 Angel Gurria Secretary-General Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Dear OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria: We, the leadership of STOP, a [...]

    Impact of Implementation of the WHO FCTC on the Tobacco Industry’s Behaviour (2019)

    Author: Stella Bialous                                     The tobacco industry has a [...]

    Brazil Sues Cigarette Manufacturers for Public Health Costs (2019)

    Author: Lise Alves                                   Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office (AGU) [...]

    Impact of the WHO FCTC on Tobacco Control: Perspectives from Stakeholders in 12 Countries (2019)

    Author: Lorraine Craig et al.                                          [...]

    Tobacco Control Measures in the Dutch ‘National Prevention Agreement’ and Expected Tobacco Industry Responses (2019)

    Authors: Dr. Gera Nagelhout and Dr. Barbara van Straaten Background The Dutch government has published a ‘National Prevention Agreement’ on November 23rd 2018, announcing several [...]

    Open Letter to Urge WHO Executive Board to Reject Foundation for a Smoke Free World (FSFW) (2019)

    28th January 2019 To the Director General and Executive Board of the World Health Organization, We write to you, as members of the global public [...]

    An Open Letter to the Director-General and Executive Board of the World Health Organization (2019)

    To the Director General and Executive Board of the World Health Organization, We write to you, as members of the global public health community, to [...]

    Statement on the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (2018)

    On September 13, 2017, it was announced that Philip Morris International plans to contribute close to $1 billion to fund an organization to be known [...]

    Australian Researchers Oppose Funding from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (2018)

    We support the recent statement by the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia, Public Health Association of Australia and World Federation of Public Health [...]

    Ministry of Health Template Letter Regarding Tobacco Industry-funded Research and the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (2018)

      Request a copy [...]

    Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Asian Report of Implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 (2018)

    Author: Mary Assunta The tobacco industry wants Asia.1 Asia’s large population and a growing economy have delivered sustained profits for tobacco companies and have made [...]

    Guide for Parties to the WHO FCTC on How to Conduct Tobacco Industry Monitoring (2018)

    The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of WHO. It was adopted [...]

    Tobacco Industry Lives and Kills (2018)

    Author: João Peres/Moriti Neto Introduction Brazil has been the world’s largest leaf tobacco exporter for 25 years. Belgium, China, U.S.A and Italy are the main yearly [...]

    European Union implementation of Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (2018)

    Authors: Benjamin Hawkins and Chris Holden  Abstract Background: Article 5.3 of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires Parties to the agreement [...]

    Tobacco Industry’s Elaborate Attempts to Control a Global Track and Trace System and Fundamentally Undermine the Illicit Trade Protocol (2018)

    Authors: Anna B Gilmore, Allen W A Gallagher, and Andy Rowell Background: The Illicit Trade Protocol (ITP) requires a global track and trace (T&T) system to [...]

    Who is Profiting from Tobacco? A Closer Look at the Shareholders of Multinational Tobacco Companies and their Subsidiaries (2018)

    Summary Tobacco products are sold in virtually every country and according to the World Health organization kill more than seven million people worldwide per year [...]

    How Much Does it Cost to Receive Donations from the Tobacco Industry? Art. 5.3 of the WHO FCTC – The Protection of Public Tobacco Control Policies (2018)

    Introduction Selling cigarettes and other tobacco products is the purpose of tobacco companies and, like any company, its biggest goal is to increase profits and [...]

    Tobacco Industry’s T.O.T.A.L. Interference (2018)

    Authors: Lisa Henriksen and Maggie Mahoney Swedish Match and the National Association of Tobacco Outlets launched a website in 2016 that encourages retailers and policy [...]

    Tobacco Product Regulation and Tobacco Industry Interference (2018)

    Author: Hanbing Guo Abstract China’s Tobacco Monopoly Law grants the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA)/China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC) power to devise and enact any and [...]

    Cigarette Smuggling: Using the Shadow Economy or Creating its Own? (2018)

    Authors: Rajeev K. Goel and James W. Saunoris  Cigarette smuggling undermines policymakers’ efforts to curb smoking while also leading to tax revenue leakages. Policymakers around [...]

    Tobacco and the Environment (2018)

    BACKGROUND Tobacco use is not only a health issue, it is also an environmental issue. Billions of cigarettes — about 267 billion in 2015 — [...]

    The Tobacco Industry: Lobbying to Cause Disease (2018)

    We speak of infectious disease being carried by a ‘vector’ — the vehicle by which infections are spread. The vector that transmits diseases like malaria [...]

    Environmental Impact of Tobacco (2018)

    Toxicity• Cigarette butts are toxic.• Cigarette butts release the same toxic chemicals found in cigarettes, such as arsenic andnicotine, into the environment.• Cigarette butts are [...]

    The Global Tobacco Treaty: Protecting Against Tobacco Industry Interference (2018)

    Every year, tobacco kills more than six million people. It remains the largest preventable cause of death on the planet. It is an epidemic wholly [...]

    Tobacco Industry Interference with State Policy (2018)

    The tobacco industry continues to aggressively fight reasonable and effective public health policies to protect kids and improve health, despite knowing that tobacco use causes [...]

    Analysis of the Tobacco Industry’s Interference in MPOWER Implementation in India (2018)

    Author: Rakesh Gupta Read more: APACT [...]

    How Tobacco Industry is Targeting Developing Countries and Responses/ Achievement to Counter it (2018)

    Authors: Dorcas Kiptui, et al. Request a copy [...]

    Multi-pronged Strategy to Stop Tobacco Industry Interference in Bangladesh (2018)

    Presenter: Syed Mahbubul Read more: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease [...]

    Tackling Tobacco Industry: Lesson Learnt from Bali (2018)

    Presenter: Made Kerta Duana Read more: Center of Excellence For Tobacco Control And Lung Disease [...]

    Bangladesh Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2018: Report on the Implementation of FCTC Article 5.3 (2018)

    Presenter: Hasan Shahriar Read more: PROGGA, Knowledge for Progress [...]

    COP8 adopts important decision on WHO FCTC Article 5.3 (2018)

    On 6 October 2018, the eighth session of the WHO FCTC (COP8) adopted important decision that will strengthen the implementation of Article 5.3 and protect [...]

    E-cigarettes—New Product, Old Tricks (2018)

    Tobacco smoking cessation represents one of the most successful public health initiatives in the world, with smoking prevalence at its lowest during the past decade [...]

    Handbook on Implementation of WHO FCTC Article 5.3: Policies and Practices that Protect Against Tobacco Industry Interference (2018)

    I. Introduction This handbook summarizes reports on the implementation of Article 5.3 of the World Health Organization – Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) [...]

    FCTC/COP8(18): Protection of Public Health Policies with Respect to Tobacco Control from Commercial and Other Vested Interests of the Tobacco Industry (2018)

    Recalling the need to be alert to any efforts by the tobacco industry to undermine or subvert tobacco control efforts and the need to be [...]

    Countering The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) (2018)

    In September 2017, Philip Morris International (PMI) pledged about $1 billion to the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW), an organization that will provide grants [...]

    Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Asian Report on Implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 5.3 (2018)

    Author: Mary Assunta Introduction The tobacco industry wants Asia. Asia’s large population and a growing economy have delivered sustained profits for tobacco companies and have [...]

    Polish Letter Warning Academe about Foundation for Smoke-Free World Funding (2018)

    Read more:  Medical University of Gdańsk     [...]

    ILO Should End Cooperation with Tobacco Industry (2018)

    Tobacco industry CSR activities undermine progress on health and development and stifle the ability of tobacco workers to express their freedom to associate and bargain [...]

    Old Tactic, New Disguise: PMI-Funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (2018)

    Introduction Transnational tobacco companies are marketing ‘new generation products’ called heated tobacco products (HTP), which are sticks of compressed processed tobacco intended for heating to [...]

    Implementation of Article 5.3 to Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking (2018)

    Author: Raouf Alebshehy Read more: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean  [...]

    Side event on tackling tobacco industry interference held at COP8

    Delegates from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Thailand, in collaboration with the Corporate Accountability and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Secretariat’s [...]

    Association Between Initial Use of E-cigarettes and Subsequent Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents and Young Adults (2017)

    Authors: Samir Soneji et al.             Abstract Importance: The public health implications of e-cigarettes depend, in part, on whether e-cigarette use affects [...]

    WHO Statement on Philip Morris funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (2017)

    On 13 September 2017, tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI) announced its support for the establishment of a new entity – the Foundation for a [...]

    American Cancer Society Statement on Philip Morris International Support of New Effort (2017)

    Below is a statement from the American Cancer Society in response to news that Philip Morris International (PMI) will fund a new effort called the [...]

    Why Tobacco Control Still Won’t Publish Tobacco Industry-funded Work, Even if the Funding is Laundered through PMI’s New ‘Independent’ Foundation (2017)

    Authors: Joaquin Barnoya et al. Tobacco Control has a normative focus: we strive to publish the best research that informs and advances public health and [...]

    Anti-corruption and Tobacco Control (2017)

    I. Introduction This document makes the case for why tobacco control policies, particularly those aimed at protecting public health policymaking from the tobacco industry are, [...]

    Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Asian Report on Implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 (2017)

    Author: Mary Assunta Introduction Recent journalistic exposé have brought the extent of tobacco industry interference to the forefront. A Reuters investigation has revealed Philip Morris [...]

    Reminder of Obligations under Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Relation to the Tobacco Industry (2017)

    Ireland Policy on Article 5.3 Read more: Ireland Republic of Health [...]

    Hijacking ‘Sustainability’ from the SDGs: Review of Tobacco-Related CSR Activities in the ASEAN Region (2017)

    Introduction As the ASEAN region becomes more aware of the deadly effects of tobacco and governments step up regulation of the industry, tobacco companies are [...]

    Tobacco and its Environmental Impact: An Overview (2017)

    Executive summary Tobacco use is now a well-documented threat to global health. It kills more than 7 million people a year and is currently the [...]

    The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: An Accelerator for Sustainable Development (2017)

    In September 2015, United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, making a commitment to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ranging [...]

    Anti-Corruption and Tobacco Control (2017)

    I. Introduction This document makes the case for why tobacco control policies, particularly those aimed at protecting public health policymaking from the tobacco industry are, [...]

    Avoiding “A Massive Spin-Off Effect in West Africa and Beyond”: The Tobacco Industry Stymies Tobacco Control in Nigeria (2017)

    Authors: Catherine Egbe et al. Abstract Background: Nigeria plays important economic and political roles in Africa and is a significant market for the tobacco industry. [...]

    WHO Urges Countries to Fight Tobacco Industry’s Interference (2017)

    Author:  Anne Gulland The tobacco industry continues to “hamper” government efforts to curb smoking by threatening litigation and attempting to undermine scientific evidence when tobacco [...]

    SEATCA Tobacco Industry Interference Index: A tool for measuring implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 (2016)

    Authors:  Mary Assunta & Ulysses Dorotheo Abstract Objective To measure the implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 5.3 at country level using [...]

    Graduated Sovereignty and Global Governance Gaps: Special Economic Zones and the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (2017)

    Authors: Chris Holden  Abstract Illicit trade in tobacco products has been a significant problem globally for many years. It allows cigarettes to be sold far below [...]

    An analysis of the Australian Illicit Tobacco Market (2017)

    Authors: Mark Lauchs and Rebecca Keane  Abstract Purpose: This paper aims to provide an overview of the illicit tobacco market in Australia. It attempts to build a picture [...]

    Commentary on Joossens et al. (2010): Eliminating the Global Illicit Cigarette Trade – What do we really know? (2010) 

    Author: Evan Belcher This paper by Joossens, Merriman, Ross & Raw is a timely addition to the public health literature, most notably because of ongoing [...]

    Illicit trade, Tobacco Industry-funded Studies and Policy Influence in the EU and UK (2014)

    Authors: Gary Jonas Fooks, Silvy Peeters and Karen Evans-Reeves In the course of the last decade, the tobacco industry has attempted to increase the political salience [...]

    Vietnam’s Memo Calling on Governments and Health Communities Not to Cooperate with FSFW (2017)

    Vietnam’s memo calling on the cabinet, local government, and mass organizations to coordinate the implementation of the WHO recommendation and to inform governments and health [...]

    Poland considers the Philip Morris International (PMI) funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World as being part of the tobacco industry

     The Ministry of Health considers the Philip Morris International (PMI) funded Foundation for Smoke-Free World as being part of the tobacco industry. The MOH has sent [...]

    The Scope of Preemption under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (2016)

    Author: Sam Halabi  I. Introduction Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act overshadow it, [...]

    The Globalisation Strategies of Five Asian Tobacco Companies: A Comparative Analysis and Implications for Global Health Governance (2016)

    Authors: Kelley Lee and Jappe Eckhardt Abstract The global tobacco industry, from the 1960s to mid 1990s, saw consolidation and eventual domination by a small [...]

    French Ordinance No. 2016-623 of 19 May 2016 Transposing Directive 2014/40 / EU on Manufacturing, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco Products and Related Products (2016)

    Read more: The French Republic Ministry of Social Affairs and Health [...]

    Tobacco Industry Interference Index: Asian Report of Implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3 (2016)

    Author: Mary Assunta Introduction The tobacco industry continues to interfere with, deter and thwart government efforts to protect public health through both overt and covert [...]

    CSF/NV/16/04 Industry Interference in Tracking and Tracing of Tobacco Products (2016)

    Read more: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Secretariat  [...]

    Report of the Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (2016)

    Read more: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [...]

    Combating Tobacco Industry Interference: Briefing on Article 5.3 FCTC (2016)

    This briefing was prepared by the Smoke Free Partnership following the SFP coalition meeting and capacity building workshop on combating tobacco industry interference on 3 March [...]

    Impact of Implementation of the WHO FCTC on the Tobacco Industry’s Behavior (2016)

    Author: Stella Bialous Abstract The tobacco industry developed a comprehensive public relations and strategic plan in preparation to oppose, delay or weaken the text of [...]

    Whose Butt is it? Tobacco Industry Research about Smokers and Cigarette Butt Waste (2011)

    Authors: Elizabeth A Smith and Thomas E Novotny Abstract Background: Cigarette filters are made of nonbiodegradable cellulose acetate. As much as 766 571 metric tons [...]

    Canada’s Implementation of Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: A Civil Society Shadow Report (2016)

    Introduction The tobacco industry’s practice of blocking or delaying measures to protect health is a problem in Canada as it is world-wide. This interference is [...]

    The Devil is in the Detail: Tobacco Industry Political Influence in the Dutch Implementation of the 2001 EU Tobacco Products Directive (2016)

    Authors: Jessamina Lih Yan Lie et al. Abstract Introduction: The Dutch implementation of the black border provision in the 2001 European Union Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) [...]

    Tobacco Industry Interference with Tobacco Control Policies in Poland: Legal Aspects and Industry Practices (2016)

    Authors: Łukasz Balwicki et al. Abstract Background: Since 2006, when Poland ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), there have been efforts to improve [...]

    “Cigarette Smuggling for Greenhorns”: Recent Patterns of Illegal Tobacco Trade in the Czech Republic (2016)

    Authors: Petr Kupka and Kateřina Tvrdá  Abstract One of the countries impacted to a lesser degree by the illegal trade in tobacco products is the [...]

    The Illicit Tobacco Market in Sweden – From Smuggling to Warehousing (2016)

    Authors: Johanna Skinnari and Lars Korsell  Abstract Research on the illicit tobacco market in Sweden is scarce. Actors in the licit tobacco market have made [...]

    Content Analysis of Tobacco Industry Data on the Illicit Tobacco Trade in UK Newspapers During the Standardised Packaging Debate (2016)

    Authors: Karen Evans-Reeves et al. Abstract Background: Standardised tobacco packaging, which commenced in the UK in May, 2016, has been vehemently opposed by transnational tobacco [...]

    The Financial Management of the Illicit Tobacco Trade in the United Kingdom (2016)

    Authors: Georgios A. Antonopoulos and Alexandra Hall Over the last two decades official and media discourses have paid increasing attention to the proceeds of ‘organized [...]

    Targeted Enforcement Against Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (2016)

    Authors: James Prieger,  Jonathan D. Kulick, and  Mark A. R. Kleiman Abstract Illicit trade in tobacco is a substantial and growing problem in the U.S., [...]

    Smoking Out Illicit Trade: How Some Policies Intended to Limit Smoking Drive Illegal Trade (2016)

    Author: Roger Bate Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) states that smoking cigarettes is the largest cause of preventable premature death globally. The WHO Framework [...]

    ‘Where There’s Smoke, there’s Money’: An Introduction to the Special Issue on ‘the Illicit Tobacco Market’ (2016)

    Author: Georgios A. Antonopoulos and Klaus von Lampe  This paper provides an introduction to the special issue of Trends in Organized Crime bringing forward numerous empirical research [...]

    Is the Illicit Cigarette Market Really Growing? The Tobacco Industry’s Misleading Math Trick (2016)

    Author: Michal Stoklosa The tobacco industry regularly uses the threat of increased illicit cigarette trade to dissuade governments from implementing prohealth policies. Illicit trade is the [...]

    Assessment of the European Union’s Illicit Trade Agreements with the Four Major Transnational Tobacco Companies (2016)

    Authors: Luk Joossens et al. Abstract To address the illicit cigarette trade, the European Union (EU) has signed agreements with the four major Transnational Tobacco [...]

    Content Analysis of Tobacco Industry Data on the Illicit Tobacco Trade in UK Newspapers During the Standardized Packaging Debate (2016)

    Authors: Karen Evans-Reeves et al. Abstract Background: Standardised tobacco packaging, which commenced in the UK in May, 2016, has been vehemently opposed by transnational tobacco [...]

    The Tobacco Industry and the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (2016)

    I. Introduction The illicit tobacco trade is a global problem that threatens the public health gains of tobacco control and the outcomes of the WHO [...]

    France Law and Decree Requiring Transparency from the Tobacco Industry (2016)

    Ordinance No. 2016-623 of 19 May 2016 transposing Directive 2014/40 / EU on manufacturing, presentation and sale of tobacco products and related products Read more: [...]

    What Hinders Implementation of the WHO FCTC Article 5.3? – The Case of South Korea (2015)

    Author: Sungkyu Lee               Abstract The aims of this study are to identify what hinders implementation of the WHO Framework Convention [...]

    Preventing Tobacco Industry Interference: A Toolkit for Advocates and Policymakers (2015)

    FCTC Article 5.3 Toolkit Preventing Tobacco Industry Interference Purpose of this Toolkit This Toolkit for Preventing Tobacco Industry Interference presents a range of issues, policy [...]

    The Revision of the 2014 European Tobacco Products Directive: An Analysis of the Tobacco Industry’s Attempts to ‘Break the Health Silo’ (2015)

    Authors: Silvy Peeters et al. Abstract Background: The 2014 European Union (EU) Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was negotiated in a changed policy context, following adoption [...]

    Tobacco Tax and the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in New Zealand (2015)

    Authors: Ali Ajmal and Veng Ian U Abstract Objectives: To estimate the size of illegal tobacco trade and consumption and assess the impact of tobacco [...]

    Are the Tobacco Industry’s Claims About the Size of the Illicit Cigarette Market Credible? The Case of South Africa (2015)

    Authors: Corné van Walbeek and Lerato Shai Abstract Background: The tobacco industry claims that illicit cigarette trade in South Africa is high and rising. This [...]

    “It Will Harm Business and Increase Illicit Trade”: An Evaluation of the Relevance, Quality and Transparency of Evidence Submitted by the Tobacco Industry to the UK Consultation on Standardised Packaging 2012 (2015)

    Authors: Karen Evans-Reeves et al. Introduction: Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) submitted evidence to the 2012 UK Consultation on standardised packaging (SP) to argue the policy [...]

    Uganda’s Tobacco Control Law (2015)

    Read more: UPPC, Entebbe, by Order of the Government  [...]

    Countering Tobacco Industry Arguments in Uganda (2015)

    Clause 14 (2) of the Uganda Tobacco Control Bill (UTCB) calls for graphic health warnings covering at least 75% of “each principal display area of [...]

    Article 5.3 and International Tobacco Industry Interference (2015)

    Author: Stella Bialous This report was prepared to support the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (the Secretariat) in meeting the mandate [...]

    Illegal Trade of Tobacco Products: What You Should Know to Stop it (2015)

    Overview The illicit trade of tobacco products poses major health, economic and security concerns around the world. It is estimated that one in every 10 [...]

    Approaches for Controlling Illicit Tobacco Trade — Nine Countries and the European Union (2015)

    Authors: Hana Ross et al. An estimated 11.6% of the world cigarette market is illicit, representing more than 650 billion cigarettes a year and $40.5 billion [...]

    Use of Tobacco Tax Stamps to Prevent and Reduce Illicit Tobacco Trade — United States, 2014 (2015)

    Author: Jamie Chriqui Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States (1). Increasing the unit price on tobacco [...]

    The Extreme Profitability of the UK Tobacco Market and the Rationale for a New Tobacco Levy (2015)

    Author: Anna Gilmore and Robert Branston                                     Introduction We [...]

    Closing the Door on Illicit Tobacco Trade, Opens the Way to Better Tobacco Control (2015)

    Author: Vinayak Prasad et al. This year we are celebrating with the world the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the World Health [...]

    European Watchdog is Failing to Hold Tobacco Industry to Account Over Smuggling (2015)

    Author: Martin McKee What are agreements with the industry worth? For over a decade the European Union’s antifraud organisation, OLAF (Office Européen de Lutte Antifraude) has, [...]

    Did the Tobacco Industry Inflate Estimates of Illicit Cigarette Consumption in Asia? (2015)

    Author: Jing Chen et al. Abstract Objective: Estimates of illicit cigarette consumption are limited and the data obtained from studies funded by the tobacco industry have a [...]

    Measures to Control Illicit Tobacco Trade (2015)

    Introduction The tobacco market, like many other markets, is subject to illegal activities, primarily related to tax evasion and counterfeiting of legal products. Since a [...]

    Controlling Illicit Tobacco Trade: International Experience (2015)

    Introduction This report presents a series of case studies on the efforts of various governments to address illicit trade in tobacco. The countries for the [...]

    Exposing and Addressing Tobacco Industry Conduct in Low-income and Middle-Income Countries (2015)

    Authors: Anna Gilmore et al. Summary The tobacco industry’s future depends on increasing tobacco use in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), which face a growing [...]

    A Critique of the ITIC/O Asia-14 Illicit Tobacco Indicator 2013 (2015)

    Author: Hana Ross Executive Sumary The “Asia-14 Illicit Tobacco Indicator 2013” (Asia-14) report was published by the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) and Oxford [...]

    The Tobacco Industry’s Abuse of Scientific Evidence and Activities to Recruit Scientists During Tobacco Litigation (2014)

    Author: Sungkyu Lee                                    South Korea’s state health insurer, [...]

    Tobacco Industry Argues Domestic Trademark Laws and International Treaties Preclude Cigarette Health Warning Labels, Despite Consistent Legal Advice that the Argument is Invalid (2014)

    Authors: Eric Crosbie and Stanton A Glantz Abstract Objectives: To analyse the tobacco industry’s use of international trade agreements to oppose policies to strengthen health [...]

    The Global Tobacco Litigation Initiative: An Effort to Protect Developing Countries from Big Tobacco (2014)

    Author: Mohammed Al-hamdani Abstract The tobacco industry faces challenges in the affluent world,  but preys upon poor and populous countries, taking advantage if underdeveloped tobacco [...]

    Estimating the Proportion of Cases of Lung Cancer Legally Attributable to Smoking: A Novel Approach for Class Actions Against the Tobacco Industry (2014)

    Authors: Jack Siemiatycki et al.                            Abstract Objectives: The plaintiffs’ lawyers for a [...]

    Preemption: The Biggest Challenge to Tobacco Control (2014)

    Read more: Tobacco Control Legal Consortium                          [...]

    Contrasting Academic and Tobacco Industry Estimates of Illicit Cigarette Trade: Evidence from Warsaw, Poland (2014)

    Authors: Michal Stoklosa and Hana Ross Abstract Objective: To compare two different methods for estimating the size of the illicit cigarette market with each other [...]

    Tobacco Industry Manipulation of Data on and Press Coverage of the Illicit Tobacco Trade in the UK (2014)

    Authors: Amber Rowell et al. Abstract Background: In the UK, transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have been arguing that levels of illicit trade are high and [...]

    Countering the Demand for, and Supply of, Illicit Tobacco: An Assessment of the ‘North of England Tackling Illicit Tobacco for Better Health’ Programme (2014)

    Authors: Ann McNeill et al. Abstract Background: Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We assessed the implementation and impact of a [...]

    The Transnational Tobacco Companies’ Strategy to Promote Codentify, their Inadequate Tracking and Tracing Standard (2014)

    Authors:  Luk Joossens and Anna B Gilmore Introduction In 2011 INTERPOL, the world’s largest police organisation, accepted a donation from Philip Morris International (PMI) of [...]

    Cigarette Smuggling and Terrorism Financing (2014)

    Authors: Alexandra Hiropolous et al. Read more:  Crime Science Series [...]

    The Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Tax Avoidance and Illicit Trade in Vietnam, 1998-2010 (2014)

    Authors: Minh Thac Nguyen et al. Abstract  Illicit trade carries the potential to magnify existing tobacco-related health care costs through increased availability of untaxed and [...]

    Empirical Measurement of Illicit Tobacco Trade in the Philippines (2014)

    Authors: Victor Abola et al. Abstract Cigarette smuggling reduces the price of cigarettes, thwarts youth access restrictions, reduces government revenue, and undercuts the ability of taxes [...]

    CSF/NV/14/25 Sixth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO FCTC: Issues Related to Article 5.3 and the Guidelines for its Implementation (2014)

    The Convention Secretariat presents its compliments to the Permanent Missions in Geneva of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) [...]

    Decision Concerning the European Commission’s Compliance with the Tobacco Control Convention (852/2014/LP) (2014)

    This case concerned an allegation from an NGO that the European Commission is failing to meet its obligation under Article 5(3) of the WHO’s Tobacco [...]

    A Critical Evaluation of the Volume, Relevance and Quality of Evidence Submitted by the Tobacco Industry to Oppose Standardized Packaging of Tobacco Products (2014)

    Authors: Jenny Hatchard et al. Abstract Objectives: To examine the volume, relevance and quality of transnational tobacco corporations’ (TTCs) evidence that standardised packaging of tobacco products [...]

    Tobacco Control in Namibia: The Importance of Government Capacity, Media Coverage and Industry Interference (2014)

    Authors: Jamie Tam and Corné van Walbeek  Abstract Background: Namibia is typical of low-income and middle-income countries with growing tobacco use, but with limited capacity [...]

    Preventing Tobacco Companies’ Interference with Tobacco Control through Investor-state Dispute Settlement Under the TPP (2013)

    Author: Tsai-yu Lin Read more: Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy [...]

    Towards a Greater Understanding of the Illicit Tobacco Trade in Europe: A Review of the PMI Funded ’Project Star’ Report (2014)

    Authors: Anna Gilmore et al. Abstract Background Following a legal agreement with the European Union (EU), Philip Morris International (PMI) commissions a yearly report (‘Project Star’, [...]

    Representation and Misrepresentation of Scientific Evidence in Contemporary Tobacco Regulation: A Review of Tobacco Industry Submissions to the UK Government Consultation on Standardised Packaging (2014)

    Author: Selda Ulucanlar et al. Abstract Background: Standardised packaging (SP) of tobacco products is an innovative tobacco control measure opposed by transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) [...]

    How Does the Tobacco Industry Attempt to Influence Marketing Regulations? A Systematic Review (2014)

    Authors: Emily Savell , Anna B. Gilmore, and Gary Fooks Abstract Background: The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control makes a number of recommendations aimed at restricting [...]

    Implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC: Evolving Issues Related to Interference by the Tobacco Industry (2014)

    Read more: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [...]